. >> chris anderson is executive director of the new mexico space port. to build the world's first commercial space port nestled between the san andreas and the caballos mountains, taxpayers anted up $207 million. a leap of faith. >> well, there's always risk in great opportunity. so there is a risk, but i see more opportunity out there. i think, again, the time is right for commercial space. >> the centerpiece is the terminal hangar facility. the anchor tenant -- branson's virgin galactic company. the hangar will be home to virgin's mother ships and spaceships. a year and a half from now, if all the test flights go well, a mother ship will take off down this runway, climb to 50,000 feet and release a space plane tucked beneath it. the six civilian astronauts and two pilots will climb to 350,000 feet and experience weightlessness for four minutes. the price tag for the round trip, $200,000. branson and his family hold the first tickets. >> we've got extensive tests over the next 15 months before myself and my children go into space and my wife won't forgi